Jack Straw Union Quotations

What we need is action. The problem for the European Union is that we can only go at the pace of the slowest. Therefore, there is a special responsibility on the countries which have failed so far implementing measures to get moving,

There is great concern in the European Union about the need for Syria to take much more action to control terrorism in its territory and from its territory,

But members of the public are bound to be concerned and their concerns can be allayed if they are shown that every effort is being made by the European Union and by member states effectively to coordinate action.

Every enlargement that has taken place within the European Union has made both the existing and the new member states stronger and more prosperous, ... I'm in absolutely no doubt that the benefits will follow from this enlargement and bring a strong secular state which happens to have a Muslim majority into the European Union.

Now more than 40 years since the prospect of membership of the European Union was first held out to Turkey,

I'm very pleased to announce that agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession into the European Union can and will begin in the very near future,

Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.